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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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